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TIL that the chicken (Gallus domesticus) is a domesticated species that arose from the red junglefowl, originally from India

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EBop TIL Charles Boycott, an English land agent, was so hated by the community he became a verb.
v6x TIL that in 1972 a radio was designed that ‘sneezed’ every 6 months in order to protect the microprocessors from dust
Y4gZ TIL of The Scooby-Doo Project, a surprisingly dark Scooby-Doo special that aired on Cartoon Network in 1999 spoofing The Blair Witch Project
xWB5 TIL in 2003 an Ohio man was convicted for the murder of his family in California after an entomologist identified that some of the bugs caught in the radiator of his car were local to California, thus refuting the suspect’s alibi.
mxvWO TIL that the Russians partied so hard after the end of WW2 was announced that the entire city of Moscow ran out of Vodka.